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Thursday 20 August 2009

Last in the mending pile...



I love this image by Mo Manning, called Darn It. I think it's a bit like the saying that the cobbler's family have the worst mended shoes; he's got to the end of the mending and now it's just his own trousers, so no small stitches or matching thread...

I've made him for several challenges:
Sketch & Stash ask what new or neglected stash was used: Darn It is a new image that I've bought and love using. The red buttons are from a Sizzlits die that came with my Big Shot, never used it before, shamefully!
I'm not sure whether this is eligible for DareU2Digistamp as I've added in the red, though the criteria doesn't say no other colours may be used. I began with the blue, green and cream palette but it looked really insipid, so I gave him red slippers, changed a paper and added the buttons and the mat, which gives the card a lot more interest.

Image is coloured with Copics, edged with Distress Ink. Red paper is Basic Grey Cupcake and the other papers are K&K Hopscotch.

21 comments:

  1. What a gorgeous card hunny and i am loving this image! hugs Linda x

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  2. ohh Anne this is stunning, I love the image, your amazing colouring and those buttons are gorgeous, thanks for joining in the fun at sketch and stash hugs Jill xx

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  3. Great card Anne, love the colours! I have this image, no time to use him yet though. I'm off on holiday tomorrow, but will definitely email you when I get back, Judith x

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  4. Fabulous card - I love that image!! Great colours and details.
    Thank you for joining in the Sketch nad Stash this time.
    Cathy xx

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  5. Such a beautiful card and a wonderful image too. Perfect colouring and design and I'm sure you can get away with the red :D! Glad you could join us at DU2DS this time. Chris :)

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  6. fabulous, I love this image and you have coloured it beautifully. hugs rachxx

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  7. Lovely card Anne, brilliant digi image, you have done the colour combo so well! So pleased you could join us at DU2DS this week :) Donna x

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  8. Great card! The image is fabulous...colouring perfect...lovely papers... so, perfect! :)

    Greetings,
    Saskia :)

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  9. A fabulous card Anne! ...I'm loving Mo's images too :)

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  10. What a funny image and you did such a great job with the coloring! Thanks for playing with us at Pile It On!

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  11. Asolutely fab...love the button embellishments, the perfect touch! I'm so glad you could join us this week at the Digital Tuesday Challenge!
    Pleasantly,
    Paula

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  12. Fantastic card...I love the image and gorgeous colours.
    Thanks for joining us at DTC & good luck.
    Emma x

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  13. this image is fab! love how you have added the buttons!

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  14. What a fun card Anne, the image is so funny!!
    Thanks so much for joining us at Sketch and Stash!
    Love Becky xx

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  15. Great image on a great card Anne. Love the way you've coloured him. Thanks for playing along with DU2DS this week
    x Michelle

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  16. brilliant card and superb colouring it looks like an image from a childs story book,
    thanks for joining us this week at DU2DS
    Caroline x

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  17. Great card Anne! Very lovely image and I love the red together with our colour combination! Thanks for joining us at DU2DS this week.

    Hugs,
    Larissa

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  18. What a fun image ... and very cool card.

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  19. A fabulous card Anne, I just love Mo's images and your colouring is wonderful.
    Thanks for joining in with Sketch & Stash.

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  20. Great card - love Mo's images! Thanks for joining the DU2DS Challenge this week!

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  21. Anne, this is fantastic! Love this Mo image and you've done a beautiful job coloring it!
    I'm so glad you could play along with us at the Digital Tuesday Challenge! Blessings, Maria

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